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Diverse Bacteria Affiliated with the Genera Microvirga, Phyllobacterium PLANT MICROBIOLOGY crossm Diverse Bacteria Affiliated with the Genera Microvirga, Phyllobacterium, and Bradyrhizobium Nodulate Lupinus micranthus Growing in Soils of Northern Tunisia Downloaded from Abdelhakim Msaddak,a David Durán,b Mokhtar Rejili,a Mohamed Mars,a Tomás Ruiz-Argüeso,c Juan Imperial,b,c José Palacios,b Luis Reyb Research Unit Biodiversity and Valorization of Arid Areas Bioresources (BVBAA), Faculty of Sciences of Gabès Erriadh, Zrig,Tunisiaa; Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (UPM-INIA), ETSI Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Campus de Montegancedo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spainb; CSIC, Madrid, Spainc http://aem.asm.org/ ABSTRACT The genetic diversity of bacterial populations nodulating Lupinus micran- Received 10 October 2016 Accepted 3 thus in five geographical sites from northern Tunisia was examined. Phylogenetic January 2017 analyses of 50 isolates based on partial sequences of recA and gyrB grouped strains Accepted manuscript posted online 6 into seven clusters, five of which belong to the genus Bradyrhizobium (28 isolates), January 2017 one to Phyllobacterium (2 isolates), and one, remarkably, to Microvirga (20 isolates). Citation Msaddak A, Durán D, Rejili M, Mars M, Ruiz-Argüeso T, Imperial J, Palacios J, Rey L. The largest Bradyrhizobium cluster (17 isolates) grouped with the B. lupini species, 2017. Diverse bacteria affiliated with the and the other five clusters were close to different recently defined Bradyrhizobium genera Microvirga, Phyllobacterium, and Bradyrhizobium nodulate Lupinus micranthus on March 2, 2017 by guest species. Isolates close to Microvirga were obtained from nodules of plants from growing in soils of northern Tunisia. Appl four of the five sites sampled. We carried out an in-depth phylogenetic study Environ Microbiol 83:e02820-16. https:// with representatives of the seven clusters using sequences from housekeeping doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02820-16. Editor Eric V. Stabb, University of Georgia genes (rrs, recA, glnII, gyrB, and dnaK) and obtained consistent results. A phylog- Copyright © 2017 American Society for eny based on the sequence of the symbiotic gene nodC identified four groups, Microbiology. All Rights Reserved. three formed by Bradyrhizobium isolates and one by the Microvirga and Phyllo- Address correspondence to Luis Rey, bacterium isolates. Symbiotic behaviors of the representative strains were tested, [email protected]. and some congruence between symbiovars and symbiotic performance was ob- served. These data indicate a remarkable diversity of L. micranthus root nodule symbionts in northern Tunisia, including strains from the Bradyrhizobiaceae, Methylobacteriaceae, and Phyllobacteriaceae families, in contrast with those of the rhizobial populations nodulating lupines in the Old World, including L. micran- thus from other Mediterranean areas, which are nodulated mostly by Bradyrhizo- bium strains. IMPORTANCE Lupinus micranthus is a legume broadly distributed in the Mediter- ranean region and plays an important role in soil fertility and vegetation cover- age by fixing nitrogen and solubilizing phosphate in semiarid areas. Direct sow- ing to extend the distribution of this indigenous legume can contribute to the prevention of soil erosion in pre-Saharan lands of Tunisia. However, rhizobial populations associated with L. micranthus are poorly understood. In this context, the diversity of endosymbionts of this legume was investigated. Most Lupinus species are nodulated by Bradyrhizobium strains. This work showed that about half of the isolates from northern Tunisian soils were in fact Bradyrhizobium sym- bionts, but the other half were found unexpectedly to be bacteria within the genera Microvirga and Phyllobacterium. These unusual endosymbionts may have a great ecological relevance. Inoculation with the appropriate selected symbiotic March 2017 Volume 83 Issue 6 e02820-16 Applied and Environmental Microbiology aem.asm.org 1 Msaddak et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology bacterial partners will increase L. micranthus survival with consequent advan- tages for the environment in semiarid areas of Tunisia. KEYWORDS Bradyrhizobium, Lupinus micranthus, Microvirga, Phyllobacterium, nodulation upinus is the largest genus in the tribe Genisteae within the Fabaceae family, with Laround 275 species (1). Lupines are widely distributed in the Old and New Worlds, but only 15 species have been identified in the Mediterranean region (2–4). A few species from this genus have been cultivated in rotations with cereals for more than 2,000 years (5). The endosymbiotic bacteria of cultivated lupines L. albus, L. angustifolius, and L. luteus belong mostly to Bradyrhizobium lineages (6–9). However, endosymbionts from most wild lupines are unknown or scarcely studied; among them are the Bradyrhizo- Downloaded from bium strains isolated from L. albescens native to Brazil (10) and strains from L. mariae- josephae from eastern Spain (11, 12). Also, Ochrobactrum and Microvirga strains have been isolated from L. honoratus in Argentina (13 ) and L. texensis in Texas (USA), respectively (14, 15). L. micranthus is a wild lupine spread widely around the Mediterranean. Symbiotic and phylogenetic analyses of isolates from nodules of field-grown plants in Algeria and Spain recently showed that they all belong to the Bradyrhizobium genus (16). There are http://aem.asm.org/ no reports addressing rhizobia nodulating L. micranthus in Tunisia, where four other Lupinus species have been described, namely L. albus, L. angustifolius, L. luteus, and L. cosentinii (17). This work shows an unexpected biodiversity among rhizobial isolates from L. micranthus in North Tunisia, including isolates belonging to Microvirga and Phyllobacterium genera. The Microvirga genus comprises mainly soil bacteria, and currently, 13 species have been described (18–24). Of these species, only 4 are legume symbionts and were designated M. lotononidis and M. zambiensis, both isolated from Listia angolensis, M. on March 2, 2017 by guest vignae, nodulating Vigna unguiculata (21), and the already mentioned M. lupini, isolated from L. texensis (15). The Phyllobacterium genus was originally described by D. H. Knösel (25) for bacteria isolated from leaf nodules of tropical ornamental plants. Thus far, this genus contains 10 species, six of which were isolated from root nodules of legumes and are designated as follows: Phyllobacterium sophorae, isolated from Sophora flavescens (26 ); P. trifolii, isolated from Trifolium pratense (27 ); P. leguminum, isolated from Argyrolobium uniflo- rum and Astragalus algerianus (28 ); P. loti, isolated from Lotus corniculatus (29); P. endophyticum, isolated from Phaseolus vulgaris (30 ); and P. ifriqiyense, isolated from Astragalus algerianus and Lathyrus numidicus (28). However, the capacities to induce effective nodulation on the original host plant were only demonstrated for P. trifolii and P. sophorae (26, 27). This diversity in symbiosis suggests that legume roots are the preferred habitats for species of the genus Phyllobacterium, more so than leaf nodules (31). RESULTS Isolation and diversity of L. micranthus-nodulating bacteria in northern Tuni- sia. A total of 50 rhizobial isolates were obtained from root nodules collected in April 2015 from wild Lupinus micranthus growing in five different areas in North Tunisia (Table 1 and Fig. 1). These isolates nodulated and fixed nitrogen with L. micranthus plants inoculated under bacteriologically controlled conditions. Inoculated plants were dark green, clearly different from the yellowish, smaller noninoculated control plants, and produced 3 to 10 red nodules per plant at 30 days postinoculation. When the isolates were examined in free-living conditions, different phenotypic characteristics were observed on yeast extract mannitol agar (YMA) plates. Most of the isolates (i.e., 32) produced circular, convex, smooth, and mucilaginous colonies 2 to 3 mm in diameter at 28°C; half of them appeared after 3 to 4 days postinoculation and the other half after March 2017 Volume 83 Issue 6 e02820-16 aem.asm.org 2 Rhizobia Nodulating Lupinus micranthus in Tunisia Applied and Environmental Microbiology TABLE 1 Designations and geographical origins of L. micranthus endosymbionts in northern Tunisia No. of No. of isolates Sites Coordinates Altitudea (m) Soil pH isolates Designation Environment (group)b Borj Hfaiedh 36°28=50.03ЉN 10°35=15.30ЉE 106 8.5 11 LmiB Area with olive trees 3 (II), 2 (V), 6 (VII) El Alia 37°11=23.26ЉN 10°00=19.83ЉE 47 8.3 4 LmiE Area next to greenhouses 4 (VII) Hammamet 36°23=38.98ЉN 10°36=57.47ЉE 4 9.0 9 LmiH Semiurbanized area, next to 3 (IV), 6 (VII) the sea Mraissa 36°45=13.00ЉN 10°33=14.20ЉE 10 8.0 10 LmiM Area planted with cereals 3 (I), 3 (III), 4 (VII) Takelsa 36°45=43.17ЉN 10°34=53.73ЉE 51 7.3 16 LmiT Area planted with orange trees 14 (I), 2 (VI) aAbove sea level. bGroups (I to VII) are defined in Fig. 1 and 2. Strain similarities: group I, B. lupini; group II, B. betae; group III, B. valentinum; group IV, B. retamae; group V, B. diazoefficiens/B. rifense; group VI, Phyllobacterium sp.; and group VII, Microvirga sp. 6 to 7 days. Six isolates had extremely low growth rates and required more than 7 days to generate nonmucoid colonies. Downloaded from To evaluate the diversity of the isolates, an internal sequence of recA was obtained. Previous work in our group showed that the analysis of recA sequences is a very resolutive tool for estimating the similarities among rhizobial strains and predicting their lineages
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